Travelers planning a visit to Pamplona in the middle of July will have a chance to witness a holiday of ultimate beauty being the San Fermines festival. Each year the festival starts on July, 6 and lasts for 9 days. For this period the city of Pamplona turns into a huge bullfight arena. The city is filled with buzzing and vivacious atmosphere. This bright ethnic fest was described in the novel “Fiesta” by Ernest Hemingway. The writer first visited the event in 1923.
Then the young writer worked for a popular Canadian weekly newspaper and visited the city of Pamplona on business. It can be said without prejudice that it was his novel which rocketed the festival to fame. About 90% of foreign guests visiting the festival proved that fact. A hundred years ago the festival featured unique rules. Many traditions have been preserved till nowadays and have been embodied in the modern format of the fest.
Thus, the main event of the festival is still bright bullfights. During the holiday everybody should be polite towards each other. Any violation of the traditions and rules as well as public order offence will stir resentment. This was the practice a hundred years ago and it has been preserved till nowadays. A remarkable fact is that even wanted criminals could take part in the events of the festival. During the festival they were immune, however any order and peace disturbance during the festival equaled to serious crime.
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